Cheeseburger In Paradise Chords & Tabs

Cheeseburger In Paradise Chords

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From: bam@wam.umd.edu (Brian Michalowski)
Subject: Cheeseburger in Paradise
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I'm finally starting to type up the chords for the songs on Jimmy
Buffett's _Songs You Know By Heart_. I'm trying to do this at work,
so it will take a while. Anyway, here's "Cheeseburger in Paradise" :
% = eighth rest
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Intro: BmA | BmG | BmAD |
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/ / / / /. / / / / /. / / / / / / O
GAD
Tried to a-mend my car- nivorous hab-its
Made it nearly seventy days
losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buffett_jimmy/cheeseburger_in_paradise_crd.html ]EA
drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays. But at
GADGA
night I'd have these won-derful dreams, some kind of sensuous treat.
BmGDGD
Not zuc-chini, fettu-cini or bul-gar wheat, but a big
GDAD
warm bun and a huge hunk of meat.
Chorus: GAD
Cheese- burger in paradise
Heaven on earth with an on-ion slice
Not too par-ticular, not too precise, I'm just a
GDAD
cheese-burger in para-dise
Additional lyrics:
Heard about the old-time sailor men
They eat the same thing again and again
Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead
Well, it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn.
But times have changed for sailors these days
When I'm in port I get what I need.
Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris
But that American creation on which I feed.
(chorus)
I like mine with lettuce and tomato \
Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes \__ GUITAR
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer / TACET HERE
Well, good God Almighty, which way do I steer for my /
(chorus)
--
Brian Michalowski | "Without music, life would | "I'm sure I'd feel much
bam@wam.umd.edu | be a mistake." -- Nietzsche | worse if I wasn't under
"Music was his life; it was not his livelihood." | such heavy sedation."
-- Harry Chapin, "Mr. Tanner" | -- from _Spinal Tap_